Summary

Donald Trump has rejected a bipartisan stopgap funding plan to prevent a government shutdown, calling for a slimmer bill and immediate action on raising the debt ceiling.

With funding set to expire in two days, Trump and JD Vance urged Republicans to “call Democrats’ bluff” on shutdown threats, warning GOP lawmakers of political consequences if they don’t align.

The bill, criticized for its add-ons, faces pushback from conservatives and some Democrats, while others warn that excluding disaster relief and other provisions could worsen the crisis.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    It’s great watching someone who isn’t even president yet deciding things after four years of “The president doesn’t control congress and can’t decide anything on his own.”

    • David J. Shourabi Porcel@lemmy.world
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      As far as I can tell, Biden didn’t control Congress. Senator Manchin, for example, effectively watered down the Build Back Better Act that Biden advocated for — and, to my knowledge, Biden never threatened him or any other Democratic members of Congress who resisted his legislative plans with “political consequences”, as Trump is doing to Republican House representatives in this instance.

      In establishing himself as the Republican presidential candidate for the 2024 election, Trump seems to me to have set up a sort of cult of personality within the party such that Republicans either fall in line or out of favor.

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        Biden didn’t have Musk money as his enforcer. Musk publicly said if you don’t follow Trump, he’ll spend millions to make sure you lose the next election.

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        Biden never threatened him or any other Democratic members of Congress who resisted his legislative plans with “political consequences”

        That’s the Whip’s job